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Originally Posted by Ryland
The other thing that impresses me is that this is really being done, here in my neighbor hood!
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I was dead serious when I used the term 'trickle up'.
It is an incredibly interesting and powerful way to introduce eco-technology into a community.
As capitalism harnesses the compulsion toward greed, for the benefit of all (at least that was the promise), this new 'trickle up' harnesses the compulsion to be better than those that we perceive as being beneath us.
That is actually what is behind the workmen's complaint... his position in the hierarchy has been challenged.
This housing project upsets the balance in a very visible way, and creates discomfort. So it puts people who are 'better off' in a position where their only choice to restore the balance is to
"Eco-Up".
Brilliant!
-AC_Hacker